Helpful +1 Report afiz..... It took care of my "diskette drive 0 seek failure" problem. Report wasjosh- Dec 15, 2008 10:38PM I had to disable it in another menu after changing boot sequence. View all 24 comments Report gw2250- Feb 17, 2009 09:57AM i bought a computer from my grandma she had the computer for 2 years but the software was all messed up

Diskette Drive 0 Seek Failure Dell Inspiron 530

Others have said it's my battery. If you have more handy try that and also try a new power cable as well. __________________ I am the way, the truth and the life.No one comes to the father, Report albertanewfie- Aug 29, 2009 03:33PM Thanks for all the tips, but I'm still having difficulty, as its saying that none of the things listed are not present?

Don't forget to save before you exit. 08-04-2008, 06:38 PM #18 AoDay Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 32 OS: Windows 8 All fixed, thanks for all Sincerely Computernovice. If the problem continues after that I'm stuck. Diskette Drive 0 Seek Failure Keyboard Failure I go it up and going and installed service pack 3, all seems to be good except for the initial black screen.

It was right on the first page of the BIOS settings. Forcing it to run back and forth repeatedly, *May* help to clean it up, and re-distribute any remaining lubricant from the ends of the shaft back along the screw threads... See our floppy disk and floppy drive definitions for further information on each of these terms. check over here I am a former Network Admin and I spent 3 hours reinstalling, pulling the jumper on the system board, etc., etc.

Disable the floppy drive. John 14:6 Wrench: "When they make an SLI that's not buggy we'll let you know" OMG: "Noooooppeeee! Report seema- May 1, 2011 05:01PM thanks!!! Unfortunately, this is often an indication that the hard drive has failed and needs to be replaced.

Also reseat the floppy cable. Report norcal- Dec 17, 2008 10:58AM Sweet tip-Worked great Report realbassplayer- Jul 12, 2009 09:42PM Thanks for the great help and advice. Helpful +1 Report gw2250 Feb 23, 2009 09:09AM I've tried shutting it off in the BIOS menu but then I get a bunch of other messages witch I forget what they If we have ever helped you in the past, please consider helping us.

Thanks. I set the BIOS to default without any success. Save and exit. and it was driving me nuts.

Ask a new question Read More Dell Inspiron Recovery Disk Floppy Disk Windows Vista Related Resources Floppy Diskette Seek Failure, How do you fix the problem? Then go to each IDE make sure they are not disabled. I have tried rebooting in safe mode, i've tried rebooting from the hard drive and the CD-Rom using the windows installation disc I originally got with the machineand I have tried the computer runs just fine when the menu pops up and I hit F1.